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Chesley Bonestell, "The Sun and Planets to Scale"

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Title:	Chesley Bonestell, "The Sun and Planets to Scale"
Artist:	Chesley Bonestell (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Oil
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,588
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	3/29/2020
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Description

"The Sun and Planets to Scale," (ca. 1958) an unused advertising painting for the Garrett Corporation. Reproduced on p. 172 of Miller & Durant's "The Art of Chesley Bonestell" (Paper Tiger, 2001).

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	Bruce W ( 1 ) Premium Gallery Owner
Joined:	March 2015
Last Login:	January 2026
Ebay Id:	magnus523
Country:	UNITED STATES
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artless artmore
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 10/5/2022

Awesome piece! Bonestell can transform a size chart into a stylish and mysterious work of fine art.

Bruce W
Member Since 2015

Posted on 10/5/2022

artless artmore wrote:

Awesome piece! Bonestell can transform a size chart into a stylish and mysterious work of fine art.

Thanks, I agree! He did a few variations on this. At the time I got this, I'd just missed out on a piece he did based on War of the Worlds, and that still haunts me. ;-)

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